adenoid cystic cancer
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Adenoid cystic cancer (AdCC) is a rare type of cancer that can exist in many different body sites. It most often occurs in the areas of the head and neck, in particular the salivary glands; but has also been reported in the breastlacrimal gland of the eyelungbrainbartholin glandtrachea, and the paranasal sinuses. It is sometimes referred to as adenocyst, malignant cylindroma, adenocystic, adenoidcystic, ACC, AdCC.

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adenoid cystic cancer
A rare type of cancer that usually begins in the salivary glands. 

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